2009 Top 100 Prospects (Rankings Only)

Here is my ranking of the Top 100 prospects in baseball entering the 2009 season. In January I will be posting this list again along with commentary/analysis for each player...

When ranking prospects I include the following criteria: raw physical ability, age-relative performance evaluation and opportunity to advance.

In other words, there's more to this set of rankings than just the physical skills of each player.

It should also be noted that this is not an exact science. My Top 100 may be markedly different than what Baseball America, Baseball Prospectus or any other person/organization puts out. None of us are "right" when it comes to these kinds of rankings. It's all subjective, so if you don't see a guy here who made someone else's Top 100 that doesn't mean I feel like I know more than the folks putting together the other list, it just means I value the player involved differently.

Comments are welcome...

KW

2009 Top 100 Prospects

1. David Price, P (TB)
2. Matt LaPorta, OF (CLE)
3. Matt Wieters, C (BAL)
4. Travis Snider, OF (TOR)
5. Cameron Maybin, OF (FLA)
6. Jeff Samardzija, P (CHC)
7. Tommy Hanson, P (ATL)
8. Colby Rasmus, OF (STL)
9. Mike Stanton, OF (FLA)
10. Jason Heyward, OF (ATL)
11. Rick Porcello, P (DET)
12. Tyler Flowers, C (CHW)
13. Fernando Martinez, OF (NYM)
14. James McDonald, P (LAD)
15. Trevor Cahill, P (OAK)
16. Neftali Feliz, P (TEX)
17. Madison Bumgarner, P (SF)
18. Pedro Alvarez, 3B (PIT)
19. Andrew McCutchen, OF (PIT)
20. Chris Tillman, P (BAL)
21. Brett Anderson, P (OAK)
22. Alcides Escobar, SS (MIL)
23. Dexter Fowler, OF (COL)
24. Mike Moustakas, 3B (KC)
25. Jarrod Parker, P (ARZ)
26. Brett Wallace, 3B (STL)
27. Mat Gamel, 3B (MIL)
28. Kila Ka'aihue, 1B (KC)
29. Carlos Carrasco, P (PHI)
30. Elvis Andrus, SS (TEX)
31. Jake Arrieta, P (BAL)
32. Michael Bowden, P (BOS)
33. Michael Taylor, OF (PHI)
34. Jeremy Hellickson, P (TB)
35. Carlos Triunfel, SS (SEA)
36. Jordan Zimmerman, P (WAS)
37. Chris Perez, P (STL)
38. Lars Anderson, 1B (BOS)
39. Max Ramirez, C (TEX)
40. Tim Beckham, SS (TB)
41. Tim Alderson, P (SF)
42. Yonder Alonso, 1B (CIN)
43. Logan Morrison, 1B (FLA)
44. Junichi Tazawa, P (BOS)
45. Beau Mills, 1B (CLE)
46. Joulys Chacin, P (COL)
47. Aaron Hicks, OF (MIN)
48. Gordon Beckham, SS (CHW)
49. Josh Vitters, 3B (CHC)
50. Jason Donald, SS (PHI)
51. Angel Villalona, 1B (SF)
52. Wade Davis, P (TB)
53. Nick Weglarz, OF (CLE)
54. Freddie Freeman, 1B (ATL)
55. Jesus Montero, C (NYY)
56. Adam Miller, P (CLE)
57. Austin Jackson, OF (NYY)
58. Phillipe Aumont, P (SEA)
59. Jeff Niemann, P (TB)
60. Daryl Thompson, P (CIN)
61. Scott Elbert, P (LAD)
62. J.P. Arencibia, C (TOR)
63. Matt Dominguez, 3B (FLA)
64. Chris Carter, 1B (OAK)
65. Kyle Blanks, 1B (SD)
66. Wilmer Flores, SS (NYM)
67. Scott Lewis, P (CLE)
68. Lou Marson, C (PHI)
69. Carlos Santana, C (CLE)
70. Jordan Schafer, OF (ATL)
71. Buster Posey, C (SF)
72. Ivan DeJesus, SS (LAD)
73. Brett Cecil, P (TOR)
74. Kellen Kulbacki, OF (SD)
75. Ben Revere, OF (MIN)
76. Ryan Perry, P (DET)
77. Taylor Teagarden, C (TEX)
78. Chris Marrero, 1B (WAS)
79. Will Inman, P (SD)
80. Deolis Guerra, P (MIN)
81. Engel Beltre, OF (TEX)
82. Jemile Weeks, 2B (OAK)
83. Gaby Sanchez, 1B (FLA)
84. Jeremy Jeffress, P (MIL)
85. Nick Adenhart, P (LAA)
86. Michael Inoa, P (OAK)
87. Greg Halman, OF (SEA)
88. Dellin Betances, P (NYY)
89. Eric Hosmer, 1B (KC)
90. Jake McGee, P (TB)
91. Jon Niese, P (NYM)
92. Aaron Poreda, P (CHW)
93. Brian Matusz, P (BAL)
94. Michael Burgess, OF (WAS)
95. Daniel Bard, P (BOS)
96. Hank Conger, C (LAA)
97. Bradley Holt, P (NYM)
98. Chris Nelson, SS (COL)
99. Derek Holland, P (TEX)
100. Dennis Raben, OF (SEA)